Debt capital market transactions up 51% in 2012
Debt capital markets transactions in the Asia pacific region in the first nine months of the year rose 51% to $793.8 billion.
"It is already close to the full year record of $1.07 trillion raised in 2011," said a report released by dialogic.
In the Asian bond market, 963 Chinese Yuan denominated bonds have been priced in the first nine months of 2012. This has been the most active nine months historically, Dealogic report suggests.
The transactions totaled $299 billion, a 93% rise from the volumes last year. On the other hand, volumes in the Malaysian Ringett and Singapore dollar bond market have touched $21.4 billion and $20 billion respectively.
According to the data portal, global corporate(investible grade) bond volumes has touched $1.26 trillion, an increase of 49%.
US dollar denominated corporate bonds rose to record $549.9 billion, up 39%, though its share in global volumes fell to 44% from 47%.
High yield bond volumes have risen 89% to $114.0bn and accounted for 35% of total leveraged finance in second quarter of financial year 2012, the highest quarterly share since 2010, data from Dealogic showed.
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